Rein-holder



E. J. GIBBS.

(No Modem REIN HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

FRANK J. GIBBS,IOF PHILlPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RElNf-HOLDER.

SPCIFICATION forming part ofi'etters Patent'No. 351,758, dated November2, 1886.

Application tiled March 17, 1886. Serial No.195' 527. (No model.)

.T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. Grises, of Fhilipsburg, in Centre county,and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRein-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figurelisa perspective view of my iniproved reinholder. Fig. 2 is a'longitudinal section showing the attachment of the reinholder to therein. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing the position of the partswhen the rein is released.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

rIhe object of my invention is to provide a simple,`easily attached, andefcient hand-hold or rein-holder. l

My invention consists in a buckle adapted to be clamped on the rein, andprovided with a loop for receiving the hand of the driver.

The frame A, forming the body ofthe buckle,

consists of the end pieces, a, and the cross-bars b, b', and c, thecross-bar c being cylindrical in forni and raised above the plane of thebars Upon the cross-barcisjournaledarightangled lever7 B, having a longarnnd, anda short arni, e, the short arni being of sufcient length toproject slightly below the plane of the bars b b'. A loop, f, having itsends turned inward and inserted in the holes of the end pieces, a,receives the leather loop O on that part parallel with the cross-bar o,and also receives loops g, formed on the ends of a stirrup, h, whichembraces the longer arm,d,o1` the right-angled lever B. r

By moving the loop f, and with it the lever B, into the position shownin Fig; 3, the rein may be readily inserted in the buckle between thebars b b and the right-angled lever B,when the loopf may be movedforward into the position shown in Fig. 2, bringing the shorter arm ofthe right-angled lever B into engagement with the rein D, and alsoclamping the rein between thelonger arm of therigh t-angled lever B andthe cross-bar b'. The increased tension on the rein in the directionindicated by the arrow tends to increase the pressure of the longerarm,d,`of the lever B upoiithe rein, thus holding it with a degree ofpressure corresponding wit-h the requirements. By turning the loopfoutward, as shown in Fig. 3, the buckle may be moved along the rein toany desired position, audit may be readily secured by simply pulling onthe loop C.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in aren-holder, ofthe frame A, formed of end pieces,a, cross-bars b b' c, connecting the end pieces, the loop f, pivot-edinthe end pieces, a, the right-angled lever B, turning on the cross-barc, and the stirrup h, connecting the loopf and the lever B,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The Combination, in a rein-holder, ofthe frame A, formed of endpieces, a, cross-bars b b c, connecting the end pieces, theloopf,pivoted in the end pieces, a, the right-angled lever B, turning on thecross-bar c, the stirrup h, connecting the loop j' and the lever B, andthe leather 'loop C, resting on the loopf, substantially as herein shownand described.

FRANK J. GIBBS.

